Colombia
Nariño
José Saúl López
La Julianita
Colombia
Washed
April-May
1960 meters
N/A
70 kg w/ GrainPro
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La Julianita farm is located in the Cabuyales village, municipality of La Cruz, Nariño. It has an area of 2 hectares, where their main varieties are Colombia, Caturra and Pink Bourbon. The farm is owned by Mr. José Saúl López, who has been a producing coffee since 2012.
This lot of Colombia coffee underwent Washed processing. Starting with ripe cherries that were hand picked, the cherries are soaked to remove floaters. From this point, the fermentation is divided into two stages: First, an initial fermentation process is carried out on the cherries in air-tight plastic bags. This process lasts 3 days, and the bags are moved daily so that the fermentation is as consistent and even throughout as possible. After the 3 days, the coffee cherries are then pulped and moved to a tank, where the leachates obtained in the first fermentation stage are mixed with the pulped beans enriching the second fermentation with the sugars and microorganisms obtained from the first phase. In this stage, the coffee is stirred daily and it lasts 4 days. Finally, the coffee is washed a single time and taken for sun-drying in a patio, for approximately 12 days.
Nariño is one of Colombia’s 32 Departments. It shares a southern border with Ecuador and is home to thousands of smallholder coffee producing families. Colombia’s three ranges of Andean mountains converge in Nariño, presenting ideal altitudes and fertile soil for high grown Arabica production.
Nariño’s particular geography and proximity to coastal and land borders have historically transformed it into corridor for illicit trade routes, resulting in unwarranted violence against residents of remote mountain farms. Today, thanks to the particularly resilient and fearless spirit of Nariño’s farmers, the small region is a respected nucleus of coffee innovation.
